GO GREEN
‘Tower 25, Jean Nouvel’
the use of vegetation / nature in the works of Jean Nouvel and Stefano Boeri
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By Francesca Pastore Urbanization poses new challenges to the society: the relation with nature has an important role in making the cities more liveable. It is possible to enjoy the benefits of both the city and nature if we find effective ways to incorporate greenery into the highdensity high rise cities of the future. One such example of effective use of nature in an urban environment is the “Vertical Forest”, which acts as a new type of high-rise that emerges in urban environments. This article explores whether this type of building can provide solutions to the loss of urban landscape, the relation of residents with natural environment, the regulation of microclimate and of pollution
The Vertical Forest The Vertical Forest is a complex of two residential tower buildings designed by Boeri Studio located in the Milan office district.
The project, inaugurated in 2014, includes two thousand tree species, distributed on the facades. The concept was to reforest the city, without having to occupy urban ground, given the increasing density of Milan; therefore, it was decided to develop the green vertically, increasing the plant biodiversity of the capital and also contributing to the mitigation of the microclimate, and to a better air. According to Stefano Boeri, the building was inspired by Italo Calvino's 1957 novel The Baron in the Trees, in which the protagonist decides to abandon the ground and live on the trees for the rest of his life. The project was named Bosco Verticale, or in English "Vertical Forest", because each tower houses 900 trees, 5,000 shrubs and 11,000 perennial plants, which help mitigate smog and produce oxygen. .
